This volume includes the full year weekly
issues of Harper's Weekly of the momentous year of 1861 in 832 large
pages. It is in very good condition, better than the
combined 1860-61
volume. With the one exception of the Lincoln inauguration picture shown
above, I have not duplicated the images of this volume which are pictured in the
description of the
1860-61 volume. All the images shown on that web page are also in this
volume except for the portrait of Lincoln published on November 10, 1860 and the
start of the Charles Dickens serialization of Great Expectations on November 24,
1860.

The start of this volume is preoccupied with news of secession of
the Southern States, the withdrawal of their representatives from Congress and
the creation of the new Confederate government. Below is Winslow
Homer's engraving of the Seceding Mississippi delegation, led by Jefferson Davis
pictured at the top of the page.

The wood engraving below is entitled ""Inauguration of President
Jefferson Davis of the Southern Confederacy, at Montgomery, Alabama, February
18, 1861."

Meanwhile, some of the federal army troops were not being loyal,
most notably General Twiggs who turned over his federal troops to the Texas
secession militia in San Antonio in the big public square with the Alamo, which
is pictured below. Even Robert E. Lee, was disgusted by this action. Texas
Governor Sam Houston was later deposed after he refused to swear allegiance to a
secessionist government.

While the South was consolidating their insurrection, Lincoln was
arriving in Washington, D.C. to take over the reins of the federal government.
Below he is pictured before his inauguration on the balcony of the Astor House.

War came soon. In one of the most famous engravings, the
women of Charleston, South Carolina are pictured on the roof tops witnessing the
bombardment of the federal Fort Sumpter, which became the action that formally
started the Civil War.

After Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln issued a call for Army
volunteers and the North enthusiastically responded. Pictured below are new
recruits marching down Broadway in New York City on their way to relieve a
vulnerable Washington, D.C.

To get to Washington, D.C., the Northern troops first had to get
through Baltimore, which had distinct Southern sympathies. The train system
required troops to get off at one station and march to another to get to
Washington. This engraving of the Massachusetts's Sixth troops fighting their
way through Baltimore inspired Currier & Ives
to publish "The Lexington of 1861"which depicted the same scene.

The description of the
1860-61 volume
showed a balloon view of Washington, D.C., with the Capitol Dome under
construction and the engraving below is a view of the Rotunda under the dome,
completed initially in 1824 in time for Lafayette's grand tour of America.

January 5, 1861; p. 1; "The Georgia Delegation in Congress"
January 5, 1861; pp. 8-9; double page; "seeing the Old Year Out"
February 2, 1861; p. 65; "The Seceding Mississippi Delegation in Congress"
(Shown above)
February 23, 1861; p. 117; ¼ page; "The Late Rev. Dr. Murray"
March 16, 1861; p. 161; ½ page; "The Inaugural Procession at Washington
Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds"
March 16, 1861; p. 165; 1/3 page; "Presidents Buchanan and Lincoln Entering
the Senate Chamber Before the Inauguration"
March 16, 1861; p. 168-169; double page; "The Inauguration of Abraham
Lincoln as President of the United States at the Capitol, Washington, March
4, 1861"
April 27, 1861; p. 257; ½ page; "General Thomas Swearing in the Volunteers
Called into the Service of the United States at Washington, D.C."
April 27, 1861; p. 269; ¼ page; "General Beauregard"
May 11, 1861; p. 289; ¼ page; "Colonel Wilson, of Wilson's Brigade"
May 25, 1861; p. 329; "The Seventy-Ninth Regiment (Highlanders), New York
State Militia"
June 8, 1861; p. 356; "The Advance Guard of the Grand Army of the United
States Crossing the Long Bridge over the Potomac at 2 A.M. on May 24, 1861"
June 29, 1861; p. 401; "The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers"
June 13, 1861; p. 439; "Crew of the United States Steam Sloop 'Colorado'
Shipped at Boston, June 1861"
July 20, 1861; p. 449; Filling Cartridges at the United States Arsenal, at
Watertown, Massachusetts"
September 14, 1861; p. 577; 1/6 page; "Flag-Officer Stringham"
November 23, 1861; pp. 744-745; double page; "The Songs of the War"
December 21, 1861; pp. 808-809; double page; "A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac"
December 28, 1861; pp. 824-825; double page; "Great Fair Given at the City
Assembly Rooms, New York, December, 1861, in Aid of the City Poor"

Below is a picture of the cover of this volume. There are some
repairs and tape on the spine and the text is in very tight and clean condition.